My wife and I were in Quito, Equador a couple of years ago. In downtown, the walls surrounding property are topped with broken glass and barbed wire. Heavy metal shutters cover business fronts at night. When open, every shop had an armed guard.
We went out to one of the nicer restaurants one evening. Our taxi was met by the doorman armed with an AK-47. I kid you not.
But, hey. I bet their incarceration rate is lower.
“My wife and I were in Quito, Ecuador a couple of years ago. In downtown, the walls surrounding property are topped with broken glass and barbed wire. Heavy metal shutters cover business fronts at night....”
Reminds me of the French Quarter in New Orleans BEFORE Katrina hit. Lot’s of razor wire, too. And it’s still like that today...